One Shot Deal: Over 20 Frank Zappa Titles Arrive On CD in March

March 1, 2017 By Joe Marchese — No Comments

March 24 might as well be declared Frank Zappa Day. On that date, retailers are reporting that Zappa Records and UMe will unveil CD reissues of more than twenty Zappa titles from his storied discography. These posthumous releases from the late composer-bandleader (1940-1993) were previously available as limited edition mail order/online exclusives from Vaulternative and Zappa Records between 1994 and 2015, and drew upon his vast archive of previously unheard material from both the studio and the concert stage.

Among these offerings from the prolific artist are compilations, audio documentaries for classic albums Freak Out! (The MOFO Project Object) and Cruising with Ruben and the Jets (Greasy Love Songs) and classic live performances from varying line-ups over the years in which Zappa was joined by Flo and Eddie, George Duke, Peter Wolf, Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, and numerous other renowned musicians and singers. Full track listings for every title as well as personnel and credits can be found in the discography at Zappa’s official website.

This immense rollout follows the recent releases in November 2016 of Official Releases # 107-109: Meat Light – The Uncle Meat Project/Object; Chicago ’78; and Little Dots. Below, you’ll find Amazon U.S. links for every one of these titles due from Zappa Records and Universal Music Enterprises on March 24!

Civilization Phase III (2CD) (Official Release # 63; 1994)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NC0K3YR/?tag=thesecdis-20

Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa (Official Release # 66; 1996)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MUGUT1F/?tag=thesecdis-20

Everything Is Healing Nicely (Official Release # 69; 1999)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NC0JYNK/?tag=thesecdis-20

FZ:OZ (2-CD) (Official Release # 70; 2002)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006YXL7/?tag=thesecdis-20

Joe’s Corsage (Official Release # 72; 2004)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007US66S/?tag=thesecdis-20

Joe’s Domage (Official Release # 73; 2004)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007UNTRO/?tag=thesecdis-20

Joe’s Xmasage (Official Release # 75; 2005)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000N0U0W0/?tag=thesecdis-20

Imaginary Diseases (Official Release # 76; 2006)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LXST1S/?tag=thesecdis-20

The MOFO Project/Object (2-CD Version) (Official Release # 78; 2006) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000JBXOGC/?tag=thesecdis-20

Buffalo (2CD) (Official Release # 80; 2007)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RC5FY2/?tag=thesecdis-20

The Dub Room Special (Official Release # 81; 2007)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00133FOK4/?tag=thesecdis-20

Wazoo (2CD) (Official Release # 82; 2007)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00133FOKE/?tag=thesecdis-20

One Shot Deal (Official Release # 83; 2008)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E45T0C/?tag=thesecdis-20

Joe’s Menage (Official Release # 84; 2008)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JL3AVA/?tag=thesecdis-20

Philly ’76 (2CD) (Official Release # 86; 2009)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00369K0QQ/?tag=thesecdis-20

Greasy Love Songs (Official Release # 87; 2010)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003LJMURI/?tag=thesecdis-20

Congress Shall Make No Law… (Official Release # 88; 2010)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004TXI36C/?tag=thesecdis-20

Hammersmith Odeon (3-CD) (Official Release # 89; 2010)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EEGDTA/?tag=thesecdis-20

Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison (Official Release # 90; 2011) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005X5MY7O/?tag=thesecdis-20

Carnegie Hall (4-CD) (Official Release # 91; 2011)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006EXZYD0/?tag=thesecdis-20

A Token Of His Extreme: Soundtrack (Official Release # 97; 2013) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCD5SFU/?tag=thesecdis-20

Joe’s Camouflage (Official Release # 98; 2014)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IK1DBFC/?tag=thesecdis-20

Roxy By Proxy (Official Release # 99; 2014)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J64QCWQ/?tag=thesecdis-20

Dance Me This (Official Release # 100; 2015)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010KQITB0/?tag=thesecdis-20

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams.

Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray.

Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.